Yeah, the place was designed solely for 2v2 battles. The point being that if one half of your team died it became very difficult for the other super team mate to win the round, Thus why 2v1 simply isn't fair - it was designed that way.
I didn't want it to be one very good player could beat two lesser skilled players, they had to win as a team.
Also, deadly race is impossible to complete with <2 players helping each other.

This was probably a couple of years ago. You have my blessing to rip it apart.
Perhaps have settings change based on number of players on the grid. I never had that option back in the day.